I guess in perspective, getting rich quick to most is landing some lottery, or gamble.

Larger operators can”t afford to gamble with the job because they have higher sunk costs in crew, trucks, estmators and answeing services and they just follow their business plan...bidding a job at what they n eed to pay overhead and make a reasonable profit.

@Eric Gamble; thanks for the welcome!

One partner has a gambling problem and all the sudden money walks from the account.

@Eric Gamble Thanks Eric!

It's an economy based on corporate event hosting and gambling.

Again, this may change after you're no longer overseas, but please don't gamble your future just because you're excited to get started.

My name is Dan Stone and I'm an artist working in Glendale on kids shows.I've spent the last two years educating myself in financial literacy, having dabbled with currency trading, micro investing and finally realizing that I'd rather not gamble for tens of dollars but actually learn how to use my money in a way that can see real gains.The last six months taught me just how -not very promising- a lot of financial products actually are.

(As an aside, your pension as a public employee is none of my business, but if you have one, you might want to watch The Pension Gamble.

Without the necessary ground work in place such as a good paying secure job, significant savings, high credit score etc. you are gambling not investing.